警察は失業中の者を何名か集めた。

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警察は失業中の者を何名か集めた。

English Translation

The police assembled several unemployed men.

Furigana

警察(けいさつ)は失業中(しつぎょうちゅう)の者(もの)を何(なん)名(めい)か集(あつ)めた。

Romanji

Keisatsu wa shitsugyōchū no mono o nan mei ka atsumeta.

Words

警察 (けいさつ)

police; police officer; police station

は (は)

topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis

の (の)

indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question

者 (もの、もん)

person

を (を)

indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.

何 (なに、なん)

what; how many; you-know-what; that; whatsit; what's the expression; what do you call them; what?; hey!

名 (めい)

counter for people (usu. seating, reservations and such); first name; famous; great; name; noun

か (か)

indicates a question (sometimes rhetorical); or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); indicates doubt, uncertainty, etc.; emphatic prefix; suffix forming adjectives or adverbs; in that way

集める (あつめる)

to collect; to assemble; to gather